Inquest request into Sobukwe's death sparks backlash

FAMILY UPSET

- BONGANI HANS

RURAL Development and Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) president, has been accused of seeking an inquest into the death of the party's founding president, Robert Sobukwe, without the consent of the Struggle stalwart's family.

The family, through lawyers from Mgxaji Incorporated, has written a letter ordering Nyhontso to halt his request to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for the investigation into the cause of Sobukwe's death.

This controversy arose as the PAC was preparing to hold its elective conference in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, where Nyhontso would be expected to contest for reelection.

Mgxaji Incorporated's director, Sithembele Lawrence Mgxaji, wrote to Nyhontso on December 5 after being approached by Sobukwe's only surviving child, Meliswa Sobukwe.